The Whispering Hillock

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The truth hidden under the Whispering Hillock? A woman's spirit, imprisoned in a cave within it. Geralt felt sympathy for the ill-treated ghost and helped it enter the body of a horse, thus regaining its freedom.

Choices & consequences

The first big moral fork of the Bloody Baron arc — and it quietly decides the Baron's wife's fate.

What do you do with the spirit under the tree?

Free the spirit
The orphans of Crookback Bog escape the Crones — but the freed spirit slaughters the village of Downwarren, and Anna, the Baron's wife, is driven permanently insane.
Kill the spirit
Downwarren is spared and Anna survives (gravely ill), but the orphaned children are devoured by the Crones.

Feeds into: Ladies of the Wood, Family Matters

Quest facts (68)

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48 facts

Completion flags this step writes — they record a step as done but won't run it or skip the quest forward on their own.

With johnny

q105_with_johnny

Also used by Return to Crookback Bog

Completed

q105_completed

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Witches

Evil spirit done

q105_evil_spirit_done

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit, Witches

Evil spirit released

q105_evil_spirit_released

>= 1

Also used by Return to Crookback Bog

Glossary godlings

q105_glossary_godlings

>= 1

Also used by Pyres of Novigrad

Ritual done

q105_ritual_done

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit, Witches

Soltis problem solved

q105_soltis_problem_solved

>= 1

In phase: Uest Npcs Default Dialogues, Witches

Wife found

q105_wife_found

>= 1

Also used by Family Matters

Attacked spirit

q105_attacked_spirit

In phase: Evil Spirit

Ciri replacer

q105_ciri_replacer

In phase: Witches

Ciri witches

q105_ciri_witches

In phase: Witches

Hidden boy1

q105_hidden_boy1

In phase: Witches

Hidden girl1

q105_hidden_girl1

In phase: Witches

Hidden girl2

q105_hidden_girl2

In phase: Witches

Hidden girl3

q105_hidden_girl3

In phase: Witches

Know where ravens

q105_know_where_ravens

In phase: Witches

Playing hide seek

q105_playing_hide_seek

In phase: Witches

Soltis told witches

q105_soltis_told_witches

In phase: Witches

Talked to soltis

q105_talked_to_soltis

In phase: Witches

Was fighting wolfs

q105_was_fighting_wolfs

In phase: Evil Spirit

2nd phase endriagas

q105_2nd_phase_endriagas

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Contract

q105_contract

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit, Witches

Deactivate soltis dd

q105_deactivate_soltis_dd

>= 1

In phase: Uest Npcs Default Dialogues, Witches

Disable exam corpses

q105_disable_exam_corpses

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Enable soltis default

q105_enable_soltis_default

>= 1

In phase: Uest Npcs Default Dialogues, Witches

Evil heart met

q105_evil_heart_met

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Evil Spirit, Witches

Evil spirit destroyed

q105_evil_spirit_destroyed

>= 1

In phase: Aveling Merchants, Character Journal Entries, Evil Spirit

Examined villager body

q105_examined_villager_body

== 1, == 2

In phase: Evil Spirit

Found cave entrance

q105_found_cave_entrance

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Found kids

q105_found_kids

>= 3

In phase: Witches

Geralt comment active

q105_geralt_comment_active

== 1, >= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Gran contacted witches

q105_gran_contacted_witches

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Witches

Help spirit

q105_help_spirit

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Evil Spirit

Johnny met

q105_johnny_met

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Witches

Johnny voice back

q105_johnny_voice_back

>= 1

In phase: Character Journal Entries, Witches

Journal about totem

q105_journal_about_totem

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Journal find footprints

q105_journal_find_footprints

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Journal find source

q105_journal_find_source

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Journal follow footprints

q105_journal_follow_footprints

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Journal follow sweet path

q105_journal_follow_sweet_path

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Journal totem success

q105_journal_totem_success

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Kids gone

q105_kids_gone

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Know about evil

q105_know_about_evil

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit, Witches

No pact spirit

q105_no_pact_spirit

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Save on horse

q105_save_on_horse

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Spn counter endriag

q105_spn_counter_endriag

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Tried ask ab johnny

q105_tried_ask_ab_johnny

>= 1

In phase: Witches

Who are you

q105_who_are_you

>= 1

In phase: Evil Spirit

Gates the quest checks

20 facts

New heart killed

q105_new_heart_killed

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Will help children

q105_will_help_children

>= 1

Also used by Return to Crookback Bog

Anna with kid

q105_anna_with_kid

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Betray spirit

q105_betray_spirit

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Book active

q105_book_active

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Ciri some time after

q105_ciri_some_time_after

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Cover roots heart

q105_cover_roots_heart

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Dspn villagers hill

q105_dspn_villagers_hill

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Examined wolf victim1

q105_examined_wolf_victim1

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Examined wolf victim2

q105_examined_wolf_victim2

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Found child victim

q105_found_child_victim

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Found witch totem

q105_found_witch_totem

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Found woman victim

q105_found_woman_victim

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Heart beating clue

q105_heart_beating_clue

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Heart phase closed

q105_heart_phase_closed

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Looted witch bones

q105_looted_witch_bones

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Open 2nd entrance

q105_open_2nd_entrance

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Show broom

q105_show_broom

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Spawn heart endriagas

q105_spawn_heart_endriagas

>= 1

Gates: Evil Spirit

Start snowing

q105_start_snowing

>= 1

Gates: Witches

Objectives

1.Find the bones of the spirit trapped beneath the Whispering Hillock using your Witcher Senses.
2.Find a raven feather.
3.Bring a black horse to the cave beneath the Whispering Hillock.
4.Speak to the spirit in the cave beneath the Whispering Hillock.
5.Calm a wild horse using the Axii Sign and mount it.
6.Find where the voice is coming from using your Witcher Senses.
7.Destroy the heart in the tree's roots.

Objectives a quest can show, in roughly the order they appear; some are optional or mutually exclusive branches.

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